Verification: check channel before checking for bot messages

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bot/cogs/verification.py b/bot/cogs/verification.py
index 2d759f885..ec0f9627e 100644
--- a/bot/cogs/verification.py
+++ b/bot/cogs/verification.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class Verification(Cog):
     @Cog.listener()
     async def on_message(self, message: Message) -> None:
         """Check new message event for messages to the checkpoint channel & process."""
+        if message.channel.id != Channels.verification:
+            return  # Only listen for #checkpoint messages
+
         if message.author.bot:
             # They're a bot, delete their message after the delay.
             # But not the periodic ping; we like that one.
@@ -63,9 +66,6 @@ class Verification(Cog):
                 await message.delete(delay=BOT_MESSAGE_DELETE_DELAY)
             return
 
-        if message.channel.id != Channels.verification:
-            return  # Only listen for #checkpoint messages
-
         # if a user mentions a role or guild member
         # alert the mods in mod-alerts channel
         if message.mentions or message.role_mentions: